The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-03-18


for an issue Of 4 per cent territorial bonds
10 take mp &167.500 OF 8 and 5 per cent bonds
issued IN 1891. providing fer the dissolution OF
civil township organizotious: providing for
5rrucK lurles; making apprvittiatios fof VAC
North Dakota hospital for the insane; with
amendments reducing the total from 81 $4,000
to $153,o00.
HoU aE.
In the house to-day the following council
bills were passed:
Making appropriations for the normal school
It Springfield; relating to the selection q
Jurors; providing for refundiug outstaud,
Indebtedness incurred prior to July so, 1885, by
Incorporated boards OF education or school dis
tr1cts; relating 20 costs in foreclosure OF mort
cages by advertisement; regulating the practice
OF pharmacy.
LAST A OF THE SESSION.
There has been lively work and compare
lively little talk in both branches Of che leg
tslature to-day. Every one recognized the
fact that if the day were not well employed
there wouldbe a grist Of bills that would fail
for want of consideration, and as it chanced
that most of the members had one or more
bills that were in danger from this cause,
there was a general disposition 10 get down
to work The only bill that made much talk
in the house was Aiken's bill to repeal the
gross earnings aw. The fight over this was
brief. and resulted in it's indefinite postpone
ment in the council. There was a
stubborn fight over the bill to dis
Oh arge the capitol commission. Cain
and W~ashabaugh led the opposition,
but on call of the roll were outnumbered
and the bill passed AT one time it seemed
certain that tho bill would be vetoed The
parties interested in its passage labored
faithfully with the governor but the bill con-
tanned provisions to which he would not give
his sanction. Late in the afternoon the bill
was returned to the house with a recon-
mendation by the governor that it be
amended so as to provide lat outstanding
warrants be redeemed out of the building
fund, in other words, out of funds created by
the sale of the lands donated by the North
ern Pacific. The bill was promptly amended
in both houses in accordance with these re-
concentrations, and it will now receive the
governors approval. The friends of the
capitol commission are satisfied with the
bill in this form, as it contains the vital point
OF acceptance of the building by the terri
tory.
Both houses took a recess frem 6 to z for
luncheon. The council had it's work well in
4Ae@AA4 SNN bNS AONGO h1SN q SNNo NVoA " I'M
finished business. The evening session OPP
ened with every member present, and when
the speakers gavel fell q dozen members
were on their feet to cry "Mr. Speaker" But
the demand was made and insisted upon for
the regular order, and the third reading of
council bills was begun. This continued for
an hour or more, wnen O break was made to
call some bill back from a commit
tee, which had failed to report 1t,
and from that time on all order
of business was lost The confusion in
creased, helped IN by the crowds in the gal
lery and lobby Of the house, until the
speaker threatened to have the Hobbies
cleared unless order was preserved This
had but a temporary effect Meantime the
governor was busy in his Office with bills
which were pouring in upon him Some
were returned without approval; others
were consigned to the waste basket or
returned with notice served that
they must be amended or they would
not become laws Among the latter
were several bills providing appropriations
for permanent improvements at public in
situations. These were promptly reduced
and rushed through both houses on the the
DRY that half a loaf was better than no
bread 1t was evident that the governor
was In his war paint and it was no use at
tni ate hour to attempt a compromise.
There is no doubt that this firm stand taken
by the COVER nor saved hundreds of thou
sands Of dollars to the territory and kept APP
preparations wiShin the power of the terri
tory to pay the same.
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